AEBS - which external hard disk to get?

[JamesBerry]

I want to get an external hard drive for my Airport Extreme, in the range 1tb (maybe 1.5tb but likely 1tb).

Google reveals some people have had problems with particular drives so I thought I would ask which drives work well so I can just avoid any problems in the first place?

Best wishes
James

 

[TheHumphries]

I have a couple different versions of Western Digital's MyBooks and they all work perfect!

 

[fiatlux]

You could use an Iomega Minimax which fits neatly under the AEBS (same shape and size but Aluminium finish like the Mac Mini). As a bonus, it has a built-in USB hub which can be used to add further disks or printers to the AEBS.

The only negative is that the Minimax can be quite noisy when the disk warms up and the fan spins at full speed. At least my 500 GB Minimax was.

 

[JamesBerry]

The Minimax sounds great, since I was also thinking of moving my printer over there... ordered!

Thanks!

Best wishes
James

 

[mstrze]

WOW...choice made in only 2 posts and 47 minutes!